Archive for May, 2006
Jesus, The Perfection of Delight
Wednesday, May 31st, 2006“Christ is the very essence of all delights and pleasures, the very soul and substance of them. As all the rivers are gathered into the ocean, which is the meeting-place of all the waters in the world, so Christ is that ocean in which all true delights and pleasures meet.” – John Flavel Trace the sunbeam to [...]
The Blood of the Martyrs
Sunday, May 21st, 2006Here’s my latest post on ReformationTheology. Basically, it’s a call to embrace suffering for the sake of the gospel. The Great Commission with which Christ left us has been some two thousand years in fulfilling. Let’s not lose heart, but take up the task with a renewed passion and the certain hope of ultimate victory. [...]
On the Use of the Arts in Worship
Wednesday, May 10th, 2006I have lately noticed in discussions on ReformationTheology a controversy which is far too common today: the question of whether certain styles of worship are inherently more acceptable to God than others. This is a debate which has considerable implications for the unity of the Church at large — and on no less important a [...]
Five Themes of the Prophets
Thursday, May 4th, 2006Well, we’ve been gone for a while, visiting family in Green Bay — hence, the lack of new posts for the past few weeks. The main body of this post is actually just copied and pasted from the first lesson on Isaiah; but I thought the content was helpful enough to warrant the addition of [...]